Israeli demolition of Palestinian property: what Wikipedia removed
The 2010 opening carried the IDF’s stated reasons, including impeding militant operations, and terror appeared 7 times. Today the article’s own one-line description reads “War method used by the Israelis against Palestinians”, and terror is down to 5 with the security rationale demoted.
The word “terror” appeared 7 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 5. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| militant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| occupation | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The neutral definition was replaced; the article’s one-line description now reads war method used by the Israelis against Palestinians.
- The finding that most demolitions enforce building codes, removed from the opening.
- The stated deterrent purpose against terrorism, removed.
Who made the cuts
Section titled “Who made the cuts”Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:
- 2018-03-31, יניב הורון, edit summary: “moving to section without images, there’s already one for lead” (see the diff)
- 2020-08-12, ImTheIP, edit summary: “rewrote intro, but preserved the sources” (see the diff)
- 2015-09-21, Qwertyus, edit summary: “remove the false neutrality of “regulatory measures”: per the source, the IDF actually sets these codes and regulations ” (see the diff)
- 2020-08-12, ImTheIP, edit summary: “shorter criticism para” (see the diff)
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 370984058):
A Palestinian home after demolition by Israeli military forces. House demolition in the context of the in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is a controversial tactic used by both the Israeli Defence Forces and Hamas against Palestinians and Israeli settlers in Jerusalem , the West Bank and the Gaza Strip . Official IDF explanations for house demolitions include use as a counter-insurgency security measure to impede or halt militant operations , as a regulatory measure to enforce building codes and regulations , and as a deterrent against terrorism in the occupied territories. Human rights organizations and the United Nations criticize the ongoing demolitions of Palestinian homes as violating …
2026 (revision 1357125891):
War method used by the Israelis against Palestinians On May 5, 2025, the Israeli army destroyed several houses and cave dwellings in Khallet Al-Dabaa , in the occupied West Bank . In total, 21 Palestinian children and 28 Palestinian adults were forcibly displaced. Demolition of Palestinian property is a method Israel has used in the Israeli-occupied territories since they came under its control in the Six-Day War , as well as in Israel proper, to achieve various aims. Broadly speaking, demolitions can be classified as either administrative, punitive/dissuasive and as part of military operations. The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions estimated that Israel had razed 55,048 Palestinia…
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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